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Hugo L. Black

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate confirmation:: Aug 17, 1937
Recorded service:: Nov 18, 1946 – Jun 30, 1971
Lived:: Feb 27, 1886 – Sep 25, 1971

In plain language

Hugo L. Black, associate justice.
Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt; confirmed August 17, 1937.
Court service November 18, 1946 to June 30, 1971.

Decisions on record (3243)

MajorityJun 13, 1949 · October Term 1948
Joy Oil Co., Ltd. v. State Tax Commission
MajorityJun 13, 1949 · October Term 1948
Standard Oil Company of California et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 13, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Cors
MajorityJun 6, 1949 · October Term 1948
Young v. Ragen, Warden
MajorityJun 6, 1949 · October Term 1948
Williams v. New York
DissentJun 6, 1949 · October Term 1948
City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance Co., Ltd.
MajorityJun 6, 1949 · October Term 1948
Federal Communications Commission v. Wjr, the Goodwill Station, Inc. et al.
DissentMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
Ex Parte Collett
DissentMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
Kilpatrick v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
DissentMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. National City Lines, Inc. et al.
DissentMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
Hynes, Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, v. Grimes Packing Co. et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
Smith v. United States
MajorityMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
Empresa Siderurgica, S. A., et al. v. County of Merced et al.
MajorityMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
Urie v. Thompson, Trustee
ConcurrenceMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Penn Foundry & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
MajorityMay 31, 1949 · October Term 1948
National Labor Relations Board v. Crompton-Highland Mills, Inc.
MajorityMay 16, 1949 · October Term 1948
Terminiello v. Chicago
DissentMay 16, 1949 · October Term 1948
Union National Bank v. Lamb
MajorityMay 16, 1949 · October Term 1948
Brooks v. United States
MajorityMay 9, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States Ex Rel. Johnson v. Shaughnessy, Acting District Director of Immigration and Naturalization
MajorityMay 2, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Wallace & Tiernan Co. et al.
MajorityMay 2, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Urbuteit
MajorityApr 25, 1949 · October Term 1948
Wade v. Hunter, Warden
MajorityApr 25, 1949 · October Term 1948
Humphrey, Warden, v. Smith
MajorityApr 25, 1949 · October Term 1948
Griffin v. United States
MajorityApr 25, 1949 · October Term 1948
California v. Zook et al.
ConcurrenceApr 18, 1949 · October Term 1948
Federal Power Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1949 · October Term 1948
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
MajorityApr 18, 1949 · October Term 1948
Nye & Nissen, a Corporation, et al. v. United States
MajorityApr 18, 1949 · October Term 1948
Defense Supplies Corp. et al. v. Lawrence Warehouse Co. et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Jones, Receiver
DissentApr 18, 1949 · October Term 1948
Rice v. Rice
MajorityApr 18, 1949 · October Term 1948
Fountain v. Filson et Ux.
DissentApr 4, 1949 · October Term 1948
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. et al. v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
MajorityApr 4, 1949 · October Term 1948
Giboney et al. v. Empire Storage & Ice Co.
MajorityApr 4, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Knight
DissentApr 4, 1949 · October Term 1948
Farrell v. United States et al.
DissentApr 4, 1949 · October Term 1948
H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond, Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets
MajorityMar 28, 1949 · October Term 1948
National Carbide Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 28, 1949 · October Term 1948
Krulewitch v. United States
MajorityMar 28, 1949 · October Term 1948
United States v. Women's Sportswear Manufacturers Association et al.
MajorityMar 14, 1949 · October Term 1948
Stainback, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, et al. v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po, An Eleemosynary Corporation, et al.
MajorityMar 14, 1949 · October Term 1948
Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd. et al.
MajorityMar 14, 1949 · October Term 1948
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Phipps
MajorityMar 7, 1949 · October Term 1948
Foley Bros., Inc. et al. v. Filardo
DissentMar 7, 1949 · October Term 1948
Algoma Plywood & Veneer Co. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
MajorityMar 7, 1949 · October Term 1948
City of New York v. Saper, Trustee in Bankruptcy
MajorityMar 7, 1949 · October Term 1948
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Texas Company
DissentFeb 28, 1949 · October Term 1948
International Union, U. A. W. A., A. F. of L., Local 232, et al. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 28, 1949 · October Term 1948
Graver Tank & Mfg. Co., Inc. et al. v. Linde Air Products Co.